Asahi Beverages

Packaging Reliability & Maintenance Manager

Asahi Beverages  •  Brisbane, AU (Onsite)  •  5 hours ago
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Job Description

Your Impact

As Packaging Reliability & Maintenance Manager, you’ll lead the reliability function at our Yatala site, helping improve plant uptime, maintenance performance and production reliability.

You’ll develop and deliver an effective preventative maintenance program while building the processes, capability and ways of working required for a high-performing reliability function. Working closely with Packaging, Manufacturing and Engineering teams, you’ll help shape the site’s long-term asset strategy and translate operational priorities into practical improvement plans.

A key part of your role will be leading and coaching the reliability team. You’ll create clarity, support development and build an engaged culture focused on safety, performance and continuous improvement. You’ll also develop a three-year reliability vision and strategic plan aligned with the site’s quality, delivery, cost, safety and people goals

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead, coach and develop the reliability team.
  • Improve plant uptime and maintenance schedule adherence.
  • Develop and deliver the site’s reliability strategy and improvement plan.
  • Strengthen preventative maintenance processes and practices.
  • Review equipment changes, capital plans and asset priorities.
  • Lead cross-functional solutions to technical and operational challenges.
  • Manage budgets and support site engineering projects.
  • Promote strong safety, environmental and continuous improvement practices.

About You

You’re a practical people leader with strong maintenance or reliability experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

You’ll bring:

  • A relevant engineering qualification or a mechanical, electrical or related trade background.
  • Solid FMCG, food, beverage or high-volume manufacturing experience.
  • Proven experience leading and developing maintenance, reliability or engineering teams.
  • Strong knowledge of preventative maintenance, plant reliability and asset management.
  • Experience with projects, budgets and continuous improvement.
  • Strong communication, problem-solving and stakeholder-management skills.
  • A clear commitment to safety, quality and environmental performance.

Why Asahi Beverages

At Asahi Beverages, we're passionate about crafting more than just drinks - we craft moments of connection, celebration, and shared enjoyment. We bring together a diverse portfolio of iconic beverage brands, a commitment to quality, and a drive to constantly innovate. Headquartered in Melbourne and with facilities right across Australia and New Zealand, you’ll find Asahi is a place where talent is nurtured, and ambition is rewarded. If you’re ready to toast your future, we’re ready to meet you.

Asahi Beverages

About Asahi Beverages

Asahi Beverages is one of the leading beverage companies in Australia and New Zealand, producing an extensive range of alcohol and non-alcohol beverages.

Our non-alcohol portfolio extends across soft drinks, mixers, mineral water, water, juice, tea, energy and sports drinks, with iconic and well-loved brands such as Schweppes, Cool Ridge and Pepsi.

Our alcohol portfolio includes both local craft and international beers such as Asahi Super Dry and Peroni, as well as cider, ready-to-drink and spirits brands.

Asahi Beverages formed in 2014 through the integration of the Schweppes Australia and Asahi Premium Beverages businesses in Australia and Independent Liquor in New Zealand. Our Group also includes The Better Drinks Co, a NZ based juice and organic soft drink business and craft brewer, Mountain Goat.

We work in a category with rapidly changing consumer wants and needs, which fuels our entrepreneurial spirit and our thirst for category-growing innovation. Our company has grown enormously over the past decade, and as we continue to evolve, we’re looking for people who thrive on collaborating, connection and building high performing teams and who are agile, adventurous and always willing to jump in and give it their all.

It’s an exciting time to join our company. We believe that with us, you’ll get the experiences you need to develop to the next stage of your career as together we build the Asahi Beverages and the beverages category of the future.

Keen to explore our current vacant positions? Visit our Careers Page:

https://www.asahi.com.au/careers/careers

Industry
Food & Beverage
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Southbank, AU
Year Founded
Unknown
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